103 S185. CROYDON, Edward (publ): SIX VIEWS IN TEIGNMOUTH. A set of 6 lithographs by Newman & Co, Published E. Croydon, Teignmouth c.1850: [2898] [1]. Teignmouth, from the river / by Newman & Co.. [2863] [2]. Teignmouth, from the sea / by Newman & Co.. [2911] [3]. Teignmouth, from the East Cliff / by Newman & Co.. [2934] [4]. Teignmouth from the Torquay Road / by Newman & Co.. [0619] [5]. Dawlish. The Parson and Clerk Rock / lithographed by Newman & Co. 48, Watling St. London. [0221] [6]. Bishopsteignton / Newman & Co. There were also single prints of Dawlish and Teignmouth: [0219] Bishopsteignton Lodge, c.1822. [0635] Dawlish Church. E F Lambert after E Tintzenich. Published E Croydon, Teignmouth. Lith. 141 x 194 mm. 1825. [2883] View of the Teignmouth Bridge, from the Bishopsteignton Road. By C Rosenberg after Strutt. Pubd by E Croydon, Teignmouth. Aq. 184 x 295 mm. 1827. [2884] Teignmouth Bridge from the Quay. By C Rosenberg after Strutt. Pubd by E Croydon, Teignmouth. Aq. 183 x 300 mm. 1827. [2835] Regent Place, Teignmouth. By Day and Haghe. Pubd E Croydon, Teignmouth. Lith. 125 x 190 mm. c.1835. [2892] Teignmouth. By Day and Haghe after J B West. Pubd E Croydon, Teignmouth. Lith. 125 x 190 mm. c.1835. [2920] Teignmouth. (View of the Ness across the estuary.) By Day and Haghe after J B West. Pubd E Croydon, Teignmouth. Lith. 125 x 190 mm. c.1835. [2926A] Teignmouth, Devon. Steel line engr. Vign. 56 x 91 mm. Published E Croydon, Teignmouth. c.1845. [2856] Teignmouth from under the Ness. Lith. 252 x 366 mm. By P Gauci after C F Williams. Published E Croydon, Teignmouth. 1846. [2857] Teignmouth from the Walk. Lith. 186 x 288 mm. By W Spreat after C F Williams. Published E Croydon, Teignmouth. c.1846. [2908] Teignmouth from the old Bishopsteignton Road. Lith. 204 x 308 mm. By W Spreat after C F Williams. Published E Croydon, Teignmouth. c.1846.
104 [2928] Teignmouth, Devon. Steel line engr. Vign. 57 x 92 mm. Published Rock & Co. Published E Croydon, Teignmouth. c.1848. (See S.226 and S.173) [2930] Teignmouth from the Torquay Road. Lith. 130 x 188 mm. By Stannard & Dixon. Published E Croydon, Teignmouth. c.1848. [2822] East Teignmouth Church. Lith. 102 x 154 mm. By W Spreat. Published E Croydon, Teignmouth. c.1850. [2589] The Den Teignmouth, Shewing the Church. Steel line engr. Vign. 65 x 100 mm. Published Kershaw & Son (No. 804). Published E Croydon, Teignmouth. c.1850.S.224. [3021] Ansty´s Cove and Bishopstowe. Steel line engr. Vign. 70 x 105 mm. Published E Croydon, Teignmouth. c.1855. The Durnford Sisters – The Alphington Ponies. Published at Croydon´s Circulating Library, 10 Victoria Parade, Torquay. Two views of the Durnford Sisters. Circa 1840: 1. From the back as illustrated in: S. Baring-Gould; Devonshire characters and strange events (with 55 full-page illustrations); London & New York; J Lane; 1908. The printer was: William Brendon and Sons of Plymouth. See Figs 2.2 and 4.2. 2. From the front as sold by Worth Point. See Fig.2.6. 1 Entry 114 is an unbound copy or a composite from different sources but includes all of the Croydon prints listed here. Grove Cottage was originally Northcote Cottage. In the text the house is referred to as Grove Cottage. This is one of the two prints which have ben amended by the application of a label over the original title. 2 By comparing the volumes, it is clear that in this case the imprint has, in fact, been trimmed off when pages were cut. 3 Green leather binding with dark red title label, gilt title and raised bands to spine. Marbled endpapers and marbled edging to pages. 4 Rebacked with gilt spine title. Title page: Teignmouth: Printed and Sold by E. Croydon, Public Library; Sold also at Knighton´s Dawlish, and Cole´s Torquay. 5 The title page is undated but author´s copy is publisher´s printed boards with date on spine and Vol I. The volume also includes a dedication to Prince William Henry, Duke of Clarence (became King William IV 26th June 1830) as well as a folding map of Teignmouth.
105 Edward Cockrem and the Durnford Sisters Sources of Illustrations. Although I have taken care to credit sources where used in the text / footnotes the following is a list of all sources of illustrations NOT in the author´s collection. All web sources were available in November 2022. If I have inadvertently omitted to credit the source of an illustration I apologise. Fig. 1.2: View of Torquay from Dibdin & Vivian. A copy of this was sold at Bonhams, the auctioneers, in 2016. See https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23199/lot/243/ Fig. 1.3: Page of seaweed from Mary Wyatt´s book. This illustration from Zucker Art Books: https://zuckerartbooks.com/exhibition/41/exhibition_works/1742 and text from Christie´s on-line catalogue at https://www.christies.com/lot/lot3056475?ldp_breadcrumb=back&intObjectID=3056475&from=salessummary&lid=1. Fig. 1.4: The Torquay and Tor Directory for October 7th 1842. For a complete copy of this directory go to http://www.terry-leaman.co.uk extension /Tiscali/COCKREM.HTM. Terry Leaman´s site is extremely informative for all interested in Torquay. Fig. 1.6: Waldon Hill, Torquay, showing the Strand. Kershaw & Son. (RareOldPrints) Illustration by kind permission of Mike Jones, RareOldPrints.com. This very impressive site has a large number of Devon prints in good resolution. Go to http://www.rareoldprints.com/ Fig. 2.2: THE MISSES DURNFORD. THE ALPHINGTON PONIES From a Lithograph (from Baring-Gould) and Fig. 2.3: THE MISSES DURNFORD. THE ALPHINGTON PONIES (BACK VIEW) Lithographed by P. Gauci, Pub. Ed. Cockrem (from Baring-Gould) The story (includes the prints) can be read at: (https://archive.org/details/devonshirecharac00bariuoft) Fig. 2.6: Lithograph view of the Durnford Sisters by Croydon. From the Worth Point Corporation website in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, see https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/torquay-twins-alphington-ponies-1777637147. Fig. 2.8: Lithograph view of the Durnford Sisters by Woolnoth. By kind permission – for private use only – of the Devon and Exeter Institute, Castle Square, Exeter. Fig. 2.9: Staffordshire pottery figurines created between 1838 and 1850. See the National Trust at nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/341671 and the website of Bearnes, Hampton and Littlewood, auctioneers of Exeter. See also www.thesaleroom.com/en-gb/news/staffordshire-portraits-of-the-great-and-the-good-and-the-verybad.
106 Fig. 3.2: Torquay from Park Hill, dated 1863. and Fig. 3.3: Torquay from Park Hill, dated 1875. Illustrations by kind permission of Mike Jones, RareOldPrints.com. Fig. 3.6: Torquay from Ordnance Survey Sheet CXVI.14. Detail extracted from the OS sheet using the national Library of Scotland´s excellent mapping tool. See https://maps.nls.uk/os/ Fig. 3.9: The Strand and Lawrence Place in 1870. Illustration by kind permission of Mike Jones, RareOldPrints.com. Fig. 3.10: Torquay in 1865. The web site inyourarea.co.uk/news/ has an article on the Torquay Strand from approx. 1810 to 1940 including the fire. This picture is shown at https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/bygones-the-style-and-history-of-torquaysharbourside-heart/ Fig. 4.5: Advert in Hunt & Co.´s Directory & Topography The full text is available at Google books: Hunt_Co_s_directory_topography_for_the_c.html?id=o6RhAAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y Fig. 4.8: The Alphington Ponies in Torquay. We Are South Devon is a community news and views website. The article on the Alphington Ponies was written by Kevin Dixon and can be read at: https://wearesouthdevon.com/the-alphington-ponies-in-torquay/. The photograph is taken from the website. Fig. 5.1: Poster for equestrian show Dawlish Saturday 27th May - Poster / Flyer. Kindly supplied by Exeter University. Fig. 6.2: Babbacombe. Dedicated to Sir George Cary. Illustration by kind permission of Mike Jones, RareOldPrints.com. Fig. 6.4: The Thatcher & Bar Stones, from Daddy's Hole Illustration by kind permission of Mike Jones, RareOldPrints.com. Fig. 6.5: Torquay, from Park Hill, Pub Croydon´s Royal Library Illustration by kind permission of Mike Jones, RareOldPrints.com.